Gears
Beautiful-yet-nail-biting game tests balance and precision.
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Gears
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A Lot or a Little?
The parents' guide to what's in this app.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that Gears is a tense, skill-testing game in which you must navigate a metallic ball along a series of ramps and spinning cog wheels in order to reach your goal. Since you control a ball, rather than a living character of any kind, there's no real violence, even when the ball falls off the course into oblivion. The suggested age of 8 years reflects the hard challenge factor of this game. While there is an easy mode with no timer and unlimited lives, you will still need patience to keep trying over and over again. Players can play by tilting their iDevice or by flicking the ball.
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Is It Any Good?
GEARS is a stunningly gorgeous game, with a unique and imaginative steampunk style that's a whole lot of fun just to look at. It also has gameplay that is fantastic as well. While certainly not the first or only ball-rolling maze game app, the multi-tiered levels and moving parts of Gears' labyrinth really make it stand out above the rest. The game can be quite challenging, but the three difficulty levels make it easy for players of any skill level to find a mode they can handle: Play with or without a time limit, for instance; play with one life or limitless lives. And if you feel you've mastered the game, you can always try playing it with a different control scheme, because using tilt controls and flick controls feel almost like two completely separate games.
App Details
- Devices: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
- Release date: April 28, 2011
- Category: Arcade Games
- Publisher: Crescent Moon Games
- Version: 1.0
- Minimum software requirements: iOS 4.0 or later
- Last updated: August 22, 2016
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